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Yellow-legged hornet 2026 rolling update

Please report sightings of Yellow-legged hornets (YLH), also known as Asian hornets, on this online form or download the free Asian hornet Watch app for Apple devices or android devices.

As of 26/06/2026:

To view the location of destroyed nests, please visit the map page and choose the Asian Hornet map layer.

Yellow-legged hornet location information in England and Wales from January 2026 to June 2026

 

# Grid Ref: Location County Type Date initial sighting Reported by Links to images / Notes
1 SE60 Doncaster South Yorkshire Sighting 26/02/2026 Member of the public No sample
2 TL18 Sawtry Cambridgeshire Sighting 13/03/2026 Member of the public  
3 TR35 Nonington Kent Sighting 08/04/2026 Beekeeper Link to image
4 TR24 Densole Kent Sighting 08/04/2026 Member of the public Found in outbuilding Link to image
5 TQ35 Oxted Surrey Sighting 09/04/2026 Member of the public Alive in house
6 TR15 Kingston Kent Sighting 11/04/2026 Member of the public Link to image
7 TR25 Nonington Kent Sighting 11/04/2026 Beekeeper Caught in trap Link to image
8 TR35 Sandwich Kent Sighting 10//04/2026 Member of the public  
9 SK36 Chesterfield Derbyshire Embryo nest 26/04/2026 Member of the public Link to image Link to image
10 SU31 Southampton Hampshire Sighting 27/04/2026 Member of the public Flew from conservatory
11 SK32 Repton South Derbyshire Sighting 27/04/2026 Member of the public Insect intercepted
12 SK52 Rushcliffe Nottinghamshire Sighting 27/04/2026 Member of the public Insect intercepted
13 SU41 Southampton Hampshire Sighting 27/04/2026 Member of the public Flew away
14 TQ93 Leigh Green Kent Sighting 30/04/2026 Member of the public Insect intercepted in house
15 TR24 Coldred Kent Sighting 01/5/2026 Member of the public Insect intercepted in shed
16 TR24 Densole Kent Sighting 03/5/2026 Member of the public Flew into garage
17 TR23 Folkestone Kent Sighting 04/05/2026 Member of the public  
18 SY99 Lytchett Minster and Upton Dorset Sighting 10/05/2026 Member of the public Insect intercepted in house
19 TQ84 Maidstone Kent Sighting 17/05/2026 Member of the public Insect intercepted in conservatory
20 SU41 Shirley, Southampton Hampshire Sighting 22/05/2026 Member of the public  
21 TR02 New Romney Kent Sighting 22/05/2026 Member of the public  
22 TQ94 Charing, Ashford Kent Sighting 24/05/2026 Member of the public  
23 TQ82 Peasmarsh East Sussex Sighting 27/05/2026 Member of the public Intercepted in house
24 TQ81 Broadland Row East Sussex Sighting 27/05/2026 Beekeeper Caught in trap
25 TQ64 Tunbridge Wells Kent Nest 29/05/2026 Member of the public  
26 TR03 Ashford Kent Sighting 31/05/2026 Member of the public  
27 TQ30 Brighton & Hove East Sussex Sighting 01/06/2026 Member of the public  
28 TR23 Folkestone Kent Sighting 08/06/2026 Beekeeper  
29 TQ72 Robertsbridge East Sussex Sighting 09/06/2026 Member of the public  
30 TQ94 Pluckley Kent Sighting 08/06/2026 Beekeeper  
31 TR34 Whitfield, Dover Kent Nest 13/06/2026 Member of the public  
32 SU31 Southamton Hampshire Sighting/Nest 19/06/2026 Member of the public Multiple hornets in an industrial unit
33 SU40 Dibden Purlie Hampshire Primary nest 23/06/2026 Member of the public Nest in bird box
34 TQ52 Heathfield East Sussex Nest 24/06/2026 Member of the public Nest in bird box